cook up

verb

cooked up; cooking up; cooks up

1

: to prepare (food) for eating especially quickly

I can cook up some hamburgers.

He cooked this whole meal up in less than 30 minutes.

2

: to invent (something, such as an idea, excuse, etc.) to deal with a particular situation

They cooked up a scheme to fool their neighbor.

You'll have to cook an excuse up quickly.

Examples of cook up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That pair won’t go for sale, but Jordan Brand has cooked up something else for the rest of Knicks fans. —Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 18 June 2026

Benny The Butcher is cooking up, literally. —Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 17 June 2026

While Bonnie is learning that online friendships don’t always translate neatly to real-world playdates, the screenplay by Stanton and co-director Kenna Harris cooks up a way to get Jessie across town to the farmhouse where her original owner Emily once lived. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026

Instead, use the heat to cook up sides like broccolini spears or baby potatoes that taste even better next to this steak. —Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 June 2026

Rhymes for cook up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup